Hi Tom: Please don't think I am trying to argue with you, I too came to the Lute = by way of the Guitar and I understand the things you are saying. = However, as you gain skill with the tablature you will begin to = recognize the linear structure within the tablature just as you do in = staff notation. As to the fingering, unless you have some modern = rendering in tablature of something from a manuscript you still have the = issue of fingering to deal with especially when it comes down to issues = of developing and maintaining the voicing of a particular piece. That = in itself can create some interesting riddles to be solved especially = with Milano where it is necessary to hold a note or chord while = exploring an independent voice. Often this means using unusual = fingering for familiar chords in order to preserve the voice or voices = that lead to that point, holding them while another voice moves on. =20
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Imitations Thanks for your reply, Vance. For from thinking I am too ignorant to = cope with normal notation, my wife and others are astonished that I have = managed to cope with what to them are hieroglyphics. As you say, = tablature tells you exactly where to place the fingers, but when I play = the guitar, one of the great joys is finding fingering to fit the piece = I'm studying. That's something I really miss, experimenting around till = just the right sound emerges, and a fingering to go with it. Is that at = all an option on the lute?=20 Often learning a piece seems almost 'mechanical'. True, I am nothing = like as experienced on the lute as I am with the guitar, but that whole = aspect of music-making which staff notation allows, seeing the structure = of the piece immediately, being able to work out the fingering, indeed = recognising the harmonic progressions, all that seems to fall by the = wayside and, while I enjoy tablature, it still seems limiting, and = limited, to me. But if that's the way it is, then that's the way it is. = As I said, I regard it as an academic question, not something I would = wish to go on the barricades about :-) Cheers, Tom --
